Take charge of your career in 2023 – sign up to a Career Journey Workshop!

Aidan McGhie

Monday 16 January 2023

Start to move forward with your career by signing up to the Careers Centre’s Career Journey Workshops programme.

Rebranded for 2023, our Career Journey Workshop programme is designed to assist you in your career development, covering a wide range of important topics from the professional and academic world.

These workshops will be delivered by staff from our Career Management team through interactive sessions which will give you the opportunity to gain knowledge and confidence to take the next step on your path to career readiness.

Career Journey

The career journey is a way of helping you to consider your career progression while you study at St Andrews.

There are three stages of the journey:

1. Explore
2. Develop
3. Make it happen

You could be at any of these stages, regardless of whether you are an undergraduate or postgraduate, or your year of study. Whatever stage you may be at, the Careers Centre aims to support you in clarifying and fulfilling your ambitions.

The Career Journey Workshop programme focuses on different aspects of these career stages, seeking to help you navigate through each stage and further your development.

Career Journey Workshops

Our workshop programme will run from January to April, in the form of 1-hour sessions, featuring a mix of online and in-person delivery.

These sessions are open to all students and postgraduates.

Bookings for each event open one month in advance of the workshop taking place. You can book your place via CareerConnect.

The workshop programme will run as follows:

January

• Career planning and goal setting in 2023: Thursday 19 January, 2pm.
• Develop career resilience and wellbeing: Thursday 26 January, 2pm.
• Decoding the Careers Centre: Tuesday 31 January, 4pm

February

• Disability and inclusivity workshop: Wednesday 8 February, 3pm.
• Careers and the cost of living: Monday 13 February, 3pm.
• How to find a part-time job: Wednesday 15 February, 1pm.
• Preparing for Assessment Centres: Wednesday 22 February, 2pm.

March

• A guide to job hunting for international students:  Tuesday 7 March, 4pm.
• Identify your skills, strengths, and values:  Thursday 9 March, 2pm.
• Professional Networking and Using LinkedIn: Wednesday 15 March, 11am.
• How to write effective CV’s, Cover Letters and Applications: Tuesday 21 March, 11am.
• How to gain work experience: Wednesday 29 March, 2pm.
• How to prepare for an interview: Thursday 30 March, 2pm.

April

• A Smart Guide to Graduate Job Search: Tuesday 4 April, 2pm.

Five benefits of attending a Career Journey Workshop

1. It gives you the chance to work with fellow peers and learn in a collaborative environment about different career-related topics.
2. You can ask the questions that concern you most, and receive solutions to help you progress on your career journey.
3. It allows you the opportunity to continue you career development alongside your studies and build a wider network of knowledge and skills.
4. You can gain confidence in tackling different aspects of professional or academic life, enabling you to feel in control of your own career.
5. It will help to prepare you with the tools to take that next important step in your career, whether that be undertaking postgraduate study or securing your first graduate job.

We are excited to deliver the new workshop programme this semester and look forward to seeing you at our upcoming sessions!

For more information on what the Careers Centre has planned for 2023, visit our Events page to stay updated.